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Le géant des sables
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ISBN10: 2709620448
ISBN13: 9782709620444
Publisher: Editions J.C. Lattes
Published: Mar 22 2000
Pages: 624
Weight: 2.05
Height: 1.38 Width: 6.02 Depth: 9.25
Language: French
ISBN13: 9782709620444
Publisher: Editions J.C. Lattes
Published: Mar 22 2000
Pages: 624
Weight: 2.05
Height: 1.38 Width: 6.02 Depth: 9.25
Language: French
London 1802. Young Italian giant Jean-Baptiste Belzoni - more than two meters tall-, is earning a living as a side show exhibition in theaters and fairs. Spurred by an adventurous spirit, he and his intrepid, young wife Sara leave for the Mediterranean to seek their fortune. They find it in Malta, where Belzoni is hired into the service of the Pasha Mehemet-Ali and Egypt. A gold rush for antiques has begun in Cairo and Belzoni s position enables him to acquire an envious share. Yet the Pasha s court is a web of intrigue, and repeated attempts on Belzoni s life force him to flee with his wife to England, where London high society and fame await them.
There Belzoni begins to dream of Timbuktu, the legendary city forbidden to the eyes of non-Moslems. In 1823 he leaves to travel alone across Africa, a continent ravaged by the slave trade and unscrupulous fortune hunters. What begins as glorious adventure turns into a nightmarish journey through horror. When Belzoni arrives, exhausted, at the Niger delta, Timbuktu has become a symbolic destiny the goal of the spiritual journey each man must make in his life. Greta Vaillant devoted several years to the study of Belzoni s life. The result is a historically accurate, captivating saga of a man whose life is in the vein of the great mythical adventurers.
Actress, film director, screenwriter and producer of documentary films, Greta Vaillant divides her time between Rome and Paris. She has worked on more than thirty films together with some of the most renowned names in Italian cinema, including Fellini, Dino Risi, and Avati. She has just finished shooting a series of documentary films in Malaysia.
Actress, film director, screenwriter and producer of documentary films, Greta Vaillant divides her time between Rome and Paris. She has worked on more than thirty films together with some of the most renowned names in Italian cinema, including Fellini, Dino Risi, and Avati. She has just finished shooting a series of documentary films in Malaysia.
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